Galliford Try (GFRD) Competitors

Hill & Smith (LON:HILS) and Galliford Try (LON:GFRD) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has more risk & volatility, HILS or GFRD?

Hill & Smith has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Galliford Try has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HILS or GFRD a better dividend stock?

Hill & Smith pays an annual dividend of GBX 45 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Galliford Try pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Hill & Smith pays out 47.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Galliford Try pays out 46.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Galliford Try is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has better valuation and earnings, HILS or GFRD?

Hill & Smith has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Galliford Try. Galliford Try is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hill & Smith, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hill & Smith	£834.58M	1.73	£77.07M	£95.13	18.77
Galliford Try	£1.69B	0.23	£34.53M	£34.46	11.29

Does the media prefer HILS or GFRD?

In the previous week, Galliford Try had 2 more articles in the media than Hill & Smith. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Galliford Try and 1 mentions for Hill & Smith. Galliford Try's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Hill & Smith's score of 0.00 indicating that Galliford Try is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hill & Smith	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Galliford Try	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HILS or GFRD?

Hill & Smith received 15 more outperform votes than Galliford Try when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.33% of users gave Galliford Try an outperform vote while only 70.56% of users gave Hill & Smith an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hill & Smith	Outperform Votes 326 70.56%	Underperform Votes 136 29.44%
Galliford Try	Outperform Votes 311 71.33%	Underperform Votes 125 28.67%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of HILS or GFRD?

78.9% of Hill & Smith shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.1% of Galliford Try shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Hill & Smith shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.7% of Galliford Try shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is HILS or GFRD more profitable?

Hill & Smith has a net margin of 9.23% compared to Galliford Try's net margin of 2.04%. Galliford Try's return on equity of 32.22% beat Hill & Smith's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hill & Smith	9.23%	17.39%	10.01%
Galliford Try	2.04%	32.22%	2.22%

Do analysts prefer HILS or GFRD?

Hill & Smith currently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,500, suggesting a potential upside of 39.98%. Given Hill & Smith's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Hill & Smith is more favorable than Galliford Try.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hill & Smith	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Galliford Try	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Hill & Smith beats Galliford Try on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.